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This electronic newsletter provides you with latest information on the activities of the IPU, the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign States. The newsletter is published six times a year and appears in English and French.
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Mitigating the global economic crisis through enhanced parliamentary oversight
It would be difficult to find a newspaper these days that has not published a recent front-page story about market upheavals, countless business fold-ups, sky-rocketing unemployment and mounting social tensions, all of which accompany the unfolding economic crisis. [ Full story ... ]
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 | Towards effective nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation |
Legislators meeting in Addis Ababa on the occasion of the 120th IPU Assembly expressed their commitment to advance nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. [ Full story ... ]
| Jordan MPs discuss discriminatory laws against women |
Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, discrimination against women still permeates societies in direct and indirect forms.
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Stop the world: we want to get on |
The adoption by the UN General Assembly in December 2006 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities closed a long chapter in the fight against the exclusion and marginalization of disabled people. [ Full story ... ]
| Gearing up for the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen |
With a view to the new deal on climate change expected at the end of the year in Copenhagen, the IPU is helping parliamentarians develop a shared understanding of the problem and practical solutions to tackle it. [ Full story ... ]
| Mapping out reconciliation process
in Sierra Leone |
The IPU and the Parliament of Sierra Leone organized a national seminar in Freetown for local parliamentarians. The seminar was part of a broader IPU project to support parliaments in English-speaking Africa. [ Full story ... ]
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New publication
Combatting human trafficking
The IPU and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recently launched a Handbook for parliamentarians on Combating Trafficking in Persons. The Handbook begins by stressing that trafficking in persons is a form of modern-day slavery – a human rights violation that constitutes a crime against the individual and the State.
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